Architecture and monuments

Fontechiari. Boncompagni Tower

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 08 September 2017; LAZIO • FROSINONE • Fontechiari

The 25 meter high tower of Fontechiari has a quadrangular base and a tapered plan. It ends with 48 stone brackets that gave solidity to the...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 03 August 2017; LAZIO • ROMA • Gavignano

The Captain Baiocchi palace is a four-storey palace has many frescoed rooms. The highlightis the room of the four seasons created by the painter...

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: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 03 August 2017; LAZIO • ROMA • Gavignano

The palace in Gavignano was built by the Marquis Traietto of Anagni from 1557 using Vatican workers. It has four floors and the ballrooms are...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 03 August 2017; LAZIO • ROMA • Gavignano

The Baronial Palace is situated at the highest point of Gavignano, and was built by the Counts of Segni, the family of pope Innocenzo III who was...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 26 July 2017; LAZIO • RIETI • Cantalice

The square outside the church of St. Felix is dominated by the tower known as del Cassero (the Keep) built in the eleventh century. The Cassero...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 26 July 2017; LAZIO • RIETI • Cantalice

At the centre of the village of Cantalice is Palazzo Ramacogi and, bevelled on the entrance door, you may notice the coat of arms depicting a sort...

Castro dei Volsci- Monumento ai caduti by Bettiol

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 08 July 2017; LAZIO • FROSINONE • Castro dei Volsci

The monument - war memorial in Castro dei Volsci became famous for an explosion that took place in 1968. One of the war remnants used for the...

Castro dei Volsci by Bettiol

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 08 July 2017; LAZIO • FROSINONE • Castro dei Volsci

Walking around the old town of Castro dei Volsci you can see two circular bastions that once belonged to the city walls. On one of these, the...